This scam targets Craigslist users and attempts to trick them into giving up their credit card number on some fake verification site. Keep your credit card safe, it is a rip off. If someone is so paranoid that they demand someone go to a verification site to prove that they are 18 years old or older, unmarried, and not a sex offender then they must be crazy or not a real person? If they are so concerned about meeting perverts on the Internet, maybe they should stick to meeting people offline? They say it’s for Verification or Background Check. I never do this, as I’m immediately suspicious of anything that wants me to put in my credit card number (Honestly, I’m suspicious of being asked to sign up on any external site). Why should my interaction with someone on Craigslist involve me registering on any other site? Imagine introducing yourself to some woman who says she doesn’t trust you and tells you before she will even talk to you, you need to get verified to prove you are not under 18, you’re not married, and you are not a sex offender. Wouldn’t you be offended? If not, wouldn’t you think she was a little nutty to be so paranoid? The whole idea of a verification site is ridiculous. You are asked to enter your credit card info for ‘age verification’. But when you click to process the transaction you get a screen that says your credit card is no good for age verification… an obvious phishing scam. Also, the person’s name on the email I got does not match the one on the verification site. Sometimes the sites will have just one profile, usually of the person who you originally contacted, even though it is all a Scam and the pictures are stolen and the person uses a fake throw-away email address, unregistered and secretive websites with little info about them. The girl is willing to send a photo of herself half-naked but not comfortable sharing a phone number with just anyone because “there are a lot of perverts out there”. If she is so concerned, why not ask the guy for his phone number and block her caller ID information from appearing on his phone? Is it really to help the girl on the other end verify my identity, and try to weed out the creeps? No! it is just an attempt to lure me in and sign up for some site, preying upon my late night, horny desires and weak state of mind in the wee hours of the morning. … read more >